My Own Kind of Hat

{{Short description|1979 single by Merle Haggard}}

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| name = My Own Kind of Hat

| cover =

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| type = single

| artist = Merle Haggard

| album = Serving 190 Proof

| released = September 1979

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| genre = Country

| length = 2:53

| label = MCA

| writer = Merle Haggard, Red Lane

| producer = Fuzzy Owen, Jimmy Bowen

| prev_title = Red Bandana

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Walkin' the Floor Over You

| next_year = 1979

}}

"My Own Kind of Hat" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in September 1979 as the second single from the album Serving 190 Proof. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}} The song was written by Haggard and Red Lane.

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1979)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Merle Haggard}}
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|align="center"|4

Alan Jackson version

{{Infobox song

| name = My Own Kind of Hat

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| artist = Alan Jackson

| album = Under the Influence

| released = October 26, 1999

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| genre = Country

| length = 3:22

| label = Arista Nashville

| writer = Merle Haggard
Red Lane

| producer = Keith Stegall

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  • Alan Jackson covered the song for his 1999 album Under the Influence. Although not released as a single, Jackson's cover charted at number 71 due to unsolicited airplay.

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